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TIL that Tesla has solved the problem of long distance electric car travel through the use of battery swap stations. Replace your empty battery for a fully charged battery in 90 seconds, which is quicker than topping your tank.

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r0Po TIL In Jimmy Carter’s 1970 run for Gov. of GA, he criticized support of MLK, Jr. and praised segregationist Wallace to win conservative voters. Once he won the election, he declared that “the time of racial segregation was over.” His conservative supporters were shocked. He planned it all along.
ZDvQ TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”
VNBk TIL that not all documents of the JFK assassination were released to the public. When questioned about it Chief Justice Earl told reporters that it may not be released in their lifetime. That was more than 50 years ago and in 2017 they will be made public.
VMEJ0 TIL - Benjamin Franklin created mental health institutions in Philadelphia paid for by a tax on Authors (like himself) "because they happened to get a greater share of intelligence at birth just as the retarded happened to get less."
QXRp TIL Pavlov’s student Horsley Gnatt trained a dog to anticipate food with one tone, punishment with another, then gradually made the tones increasingly similar. Nick the dog became so anxious, whenever reminded of the lab or the tones, it would get nervous erections and spontaneously ejaculate.